International days

Date Day International Day CW

January 2026

04.01.2026 Su World Braille Day 01
24.01.2026 Sa International Day of Education 04
27.01.2026 Tu International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 05

February 2026

02.02.2026 Mo World Wetlands Day 06
06.02.2026 Fr International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 06
11.02.2026 We International Day of Women and Girls in Science 07
13.02.2026 Fr World Radio Day 07
20.02.2026 Fr World Day of Social Justice 08
21.02.2026 Sa International Mother Language Day 08

March 2026

03.03.2026 Tu World Wildlife Day 10
06.03.2026 Fr World Day of Prayer 10
08.03.2026 Su International Women's Day 10
20.03.2026 Fr International Day of Happiness 12
21.03.2026 Sa International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 12
21.03.2026 Sa World Poetry Day 12
21.03.2026 Sa World Down Syndrome Day 12
22.03.2026 Su World Water Day 12
23.03.2026 Mo World Meteorological Day 13
24.03.2026 Tu World Tuberculosis Day 13
25.03.2026 We International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 13
26.03.2026 Th Purple Day for Epilepsy 13

April 2026

02.04.2026 Th World Autism Awareness Day 14
04.04.2026 Sa International Day for Mine Awareness and Support for Mine Action Programmes 14
07.04.2026 Tu World Health Day 15
08.04.2026 We International Romani Day 15
22.04.2026 We Earth Day 17
23.04.2026 Th World Book and Copyright Day 17
26.04.2026 Su World Intellectual Property Day 17

May 2026

03.05.2026 Su World Press Freedom Day 18
05.05.2026 Tu Europe Day of the Council of Europe (CoE) 19
08.05.2026 Fr Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 19
08.05.2026 Fr World Red Cross Day 19
09.05.2026 Sa Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 19
09.05.2026 Sa Europe Day of the European Union (EU) 19
12.05.2026 Tu International Nurses Day 20
15.05.2026 Fr International Day of Families 20
17.05.2026 Su World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 20
21.05.2026 Th World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 21
22.05.2026 Fr International Day for Biological Diversity 21
25.05.2026 Mo Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence, and Human Rights (25.05. - 31.05.) 22
29.05.2026 Fr Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 22
31.05.2026 Su World No-Tobacco Day 22

June 2026

04.06.2026 Th International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 23
05.06.2026 Fr World Environment Day 23
14.06.2026 Su World Blood Donor Day 24
17.06.2026 We World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 25
20.06.2026 Sa World Refugee Day 25
21.06.2026 Su International Day of Yoga 25
23.06.2026 Tu United Nations Public Service Day 26
26.06.2026 Fr United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26
26.06.2026 Fr United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26

July 2026

04.07.2026 Sa International Day of Cooperatives 27
11.07.2026 Sa World Population Day 28
30.07.2026 Th International Day of Friendship 31

August 2026

12.08.2026 We International Youth Day 33
23.08.2026 Su International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 34

September 2026

08.09.2026 Tu International Literacy Day 37
15.09.2026 Tu International Day of Democracy 38
16.09.2026 We International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 38
20.09.2026 Su Universal Children’s Day (AT, DE) 38
21.09.2026 Mo International Day of Peace 39
21.09.2026 Mo World Alzheimer's Day 39
23.09.2026 We International Day of Sign Languages 39
24.09.2026 Th World Maritime Day 39
26.09.2026 Sa Day of deaf people 39
27.09.2026 Su World Tourism Day 39

October 2026

01.10.2026 Th International Day of Older Persons 40
02.10.2026 Fr International Day of Non-Violence 40
04.10.2026 Su World Space Week (04.10.-10.10.) 40
05.10.2026 Mo World Teachers’ Day 41
05.10.2026 Mo World Habitat Day 41
09.10.2026 Fr World Post Day 41
10.10.2026 Sa World Mental Health Day 41
15.10.2026 Th International Day of Rural Women 42
16.10.2026 Fr World Food Day 42
17.10.2026 Sa International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 42
24.10.2026 Sa United Nations Day 43
24.10.2026 Sa World Development Information Day 43
24.10.2026 Sa Disarmament Week (24.10. - 30.10.) 43
27.10.2026 Tu World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 44

November 2026

06.11.2026 Fr International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 45
14.11.2026 Sa World Diabetes Day 46
16.11.2026 Mo World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 47
19.11.2026 Th International Men's Day 47
20.11.2026 Fr Universal Children's Day 47
21.11.2026 Sa World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 47
21.11.2026 Sa World Television Day 47
25.11.2026 We International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 48
29.11.2026 Su International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 48

December 2026

01.12.2026 Tu World AIDS Day 49
02.12.2026 We International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 49
03.12.2026 Th International Day of Persons with Disabilities 49
05.12.2026 Sa International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 49
07.12.2026 Mo International Civil Aviation Day 50
09.12.2026 We International Anti-Corruption Day 50
10.12.2026 Th Human Rights Day 50
11.12.2026 Fr International Mountain Day 50
18.12.2026 Fr International Migrants Day 51
20.12.2026 Su International Human Solidarity Day 51

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